Growth Mindset - A Family Engagement Program

Grades 6th-8th

is a four week curriculum that encourages parents to learn new strategies to support their child’s education. The interactive lessons focus on learning mindsets, family communication, and ways parents can support their child’s development of non-cognitive skills.

Growth Mindset

Training or Direct Services

What Your Staff Gets Tools: Every training participant will receive: Easy-to-use lesson plans Handouts (available in English and Spanish) Templates including sign-in sheets, flyers, etc.

A two-day training is provided to school and agency staff to strengthen family engagement strategies, workshop facilitation skills and support a college going culture.

Training:

Direct Services: Families In Schools has highly trained facilitators that can conduct five family workshops at your site.

213.201.3900 | familiesinschools.org | training@familiesinschools.org

Testimonial

Topics Covered

“[My daughter is] in 9th grade and she changed her attitude from ‘I can’t do it’ to ‘I will try it and you’re here to help me.’

And so she has greater expectations and much more information...Her grades went from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s.

So there was a huge change.

Changes for me as a mother and her as a student.” - Parent

Defining a Growth Mindset

Differentiating Mindsets Growth Mindset Scenarios The Benefits of Having a Growth Mindset Parent and Student Communication

Learning from challenges Mindset Assessment Assessing your communication Improving Communication and Role-Playing Learning from mistakes Modeling a Growth Mindset Strategies for Success

Why was I successful?The impact of words Non-cognitive strategies Growth Mindset in Action Communication tracker

Impact

100% of participating parents felt like the program

91%

78% of participating parents said they after the

helped them learn new strategies to support

of parents and students

workshop are more

the academic success

agreed that this program

involved in school

of their child

gave them new

events, attending

information and ideas

meetings as a volunteer

213.201.3900 | familiesinschools.org | training@familiesinschools.org